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July 13, 2025 10:30 AM
GATHERING
Welcome Rev. Dr. Franzen
Opening Hymn #192 Lord, the Light of Your Love is Shining shine, jesus, shine
Verse 1 only
1 Lord, the light of your love is shining,
in the midst of the darkness, shining;
Jesus, Light of the World, shine upon us;
set us free by the truth you now bring us.
Shine on me; shine on me.
Shine, Jesus, shine;
fill this land with the Father’s glory.
Blaze, Spirit, blaze;
set our hearts on fire.
Flow, river, flow;
flood the nations with grace and mercy.
Send forth your word, Lord,
and let there be light.
Call to Worship Jennifer Marovich
Love the Lord your God,
with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind!
Love your neighbor as yourself,
with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind!
Do this and you will live!
Let us worship God!
Art Attribution: Swanson, John August. Good Samaritan, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56548 [retrieved June 27, 2025]. Original source: Estate of John August Swanson, https://www.johnaugustswanson.com/.
Hymn Speak, O Lord ccli #4615235
Speak O Lord as we come to You
To receive the food of Your holy word
Take Your truth plant it deep in us
Shape and fashion us in Your likeness
That the light of Christ might be seen today
In our acts of love and our deeds of faith
Speak O Lord and fulfill in us
All Your purposes for Your glory
Teach us Lord full obedience
Holy reverence true humility
Test our thoughts and our attitudes
In the radiance of Your purity
Cause our faith to rise
Cause our eyes to see
Your majestic love and authority
Words of power that can never fail
Let their truth prevail over unbelief
Speak O Lord and renew our minds
Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for us
Truths unchanged from the dawn of time
That will echo down through eternity
And by grace we'll stand on Your promises
And by faith we'll walk as You walk with us
Speak O Lord till Your church is built
And the earth is filled with Your glory
CCLI Song # 4615235
Keith Getty | Stuart Townend
© 2005 Thankyou Music Ltd
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
Call to Confession
The psalmist asks a question: how long?
How long will we live unjustly and show partiality, instead of loving as God has loved us? Trusting in that love, let us confess our transgressions to the Lord.
Prayer of Confession
Holy God, we are your sons and daughters, descendants of the God most high, yet, we do not behave to honor youand our actions belittle the love you have for us. We do not defend the weak or those without fathers or mothers. We do not uphold the poor or the oppressed. We do not commit to efforts to rescue the weak and the needy; we sometimes deliver them
into solitude and neglect. Rise up to judge us, O God. We prefer your merciful justice, than living with guilt and fear. Straighten our path, so that we can be guided as a mother or a father guides beloved children. Amen.
(silence)
Assurance of Pardon
The Passing of the Peace
THE WORD
Prayer for Illumination Jennifer Marovich
First Reading Amos 7:7-17 MSG
Time for Children Judi Schierling
Special Music Holy Spirit, Thou Art Welcome Huntsinger Rambo
Dave Burgess, piano
Second Reading
Luke 10:25-37
Sermon “The Disruption of Decency” Rev. Dr. Franzen
Hymn Blessed Be Your Name ccli #3798438
Blessed be Your name
In the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be Your name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed be Your name
Ev’ry blessing You pour out I’ll
Turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in Lord
Still I will say
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
Blessed be Your name
When the sun's shining down on me
When the world's all as it should be
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name
Ev’ry blessing You pour out I’ll
Turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in Lord
Still I will say
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord blessed be Your name
You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
CCLI Song # 3798438
Beth Redman | Matt Redman
© 2002 Thankyou Music Ltd
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
THE RESPONSE
Invitation to the Offering Jennifer Marovich
Offertory
Asa Stern, piano
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Doxology #609 Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow lasst uns erfreuen
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.
Praise God, all creatures high and low.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Praise God, in Jesus fully known:
Creator, Word, and Spirit one.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Prayer of Thanksgiving/Dedication Jennifer Marovich
Pastoral Prayer
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The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, forever. Amen
SENDING
Hymn You Are Good ccli #3383788
Lord You are good
And Your mercy endureth forever
Lord You are good
And Your mercy endureth forever
People from every nation and tongue
From generation to generation
We worship You
Hallelujah hallelujah
We worship You for who You are
We worship You
Hallelujah hallelujah
We worship You for who You are
For You are good
Lord You are good
And Your mercy endureth forever
Lord You are good
And Your mercy endureth forever
People from every nation and tongue
From generation to generation
We worship You
Hallelujah hallelujah
We worship You for who You are
We worship You
Hallelujah hallelujah
We worship You for who You are
For You are good
You are good all the time
All the time You are good
You are good all the time
All the time You are good
You are good all the time
All the time You are good
You are good all the time
All the time You are good
Lord You are good
And Your mercy endureth forever
Lord You are good
And Your mercy endureth forever
People from every nation and tongue
From generation to generation
We worship You
Hallelujah hallelujah
We worship You for who You are
We worship You
Hallelujah hallelujah
We worship You for who You are
For who You are
For who You are
For You are good
CCLI Song # 3383788
Israel Houghton
© 2001 Integrity's Praise! Music; Sound Of The New Breed
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
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Charge and Blessing
Closing Hymn #542 God Be With You Till We Meet Again god be with you
Verse 1 only
1 God be with you till we meet again;
loving counsels guide, uphold you,
with a shepherd's care enfold you:
God be with you till we meet again.
Worship Participants:
Rev. Dr. Bryan J. Franzen, Pastor
Rev. Neneth Ross, Associate Pastor
Jennifer Marovich, Liturgist
Claudia Sanborn, Youth Director
Judi Schierling, Children’s Sermon
Nick Mollé, Associate Worship Leader
Asa Stern, Piano
Westminster Worship Team
